Mungeli district

Mungeli District
View of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Location in Chhattisgarh
Location in Chhattisgarh
Country India
StateChhattisgarh
DivisionBilaspur
Established1 Jan 2012
HeadquartersMungeli
TehsilsMungeli, Lormi, Pathariya, Sargaon, Lalpur Thana
Government
 • CollectorRahul Dev
 • Lok Sabha ConstituencyBilaspur
 • Vidhan Sabha ConstituencyMungeli, Lormi, Bilha
Area
 • Total2,750.36 km2 (1,061.92 sq mi)
Population
 • Total701,707
 • Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-CT
HDIIncrease 0.716 (medium)
Literacy rate85.7%
Official languagesHindi • Chhattisgarhi • Braj Bhasha
Websitewww.mungeli.gov.in

Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India,[1] with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013. The present collector of Mungeli is Shri Rahul Dev.[2]

The story of Netflix movie Chaman Bahaar is based in Mungeli district. The story revolves around a young man who runs a paan thela on a semi-deserted road, after Mungeli district was carved out of Bilaspur district. Actor Jitendra Kumar plays the lead role.

Mungeli has three tehsils: Mungeli, Lormia and Patharia.

Demographics

Religions in Mungeli district (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
97.01%
Other (tribal religion)
1.41%
Islam
0.82%
Christianity
0.50%
Other or not stated
0.26%

As of the 2011 census, the population was 701,707, of which 65,439 (9.33%) live in urban areas.[4] The population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 38.29%. 1,20,631 (17.19%) are under 6 years of age. Mungeli has a sex ratio of 974 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 64.75%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 27.70% and 10.37% of the population respectively.[2]

Languages of Mungeli district (2011)[5]

  Chhattisgarhi (97.25%)
  Hindi (1.45%)
  Gondi (0.17%)
  Sindhi (0.15%)
  Kurukh (0.13%)
  Others (0.85%)

As of the 2011 census, 97.25% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 1.45% Hindi as their first language.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Blocks of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh". National Panchayat Directory. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "District Mungeli, Government of Chhattisgarh | Open Defecation Free Mungeli | India". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  4. ^ "District Census Handbook - Bilaspur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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